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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—Tennessee. (search)
The cavalry was driven back upon its infantry reserves, but retired in good order, showing a resistance which elicited commendations even from its adversaries, fighting alternately on foot and on horseback, and availing itself of all the advantages of ground to stop an enemy superior to it in numbers. The losses amounted to about one hundred men on each side. Notwithstanding this aggressive demonstration, it was evident that the Confederates had no desire to dispute the right bank of the Yallabusha with the Federals. On reaching this river, the Federals would have found themselves only one hundred and sixty kilometres from Grand Junction, and about five hundred kilometres from Columbus, whence they derived all their supplies; but notwithstanding the visit and encouraging words of Mr. Jefferson Davis, it was not likely that Pemberton would wait for them in positions poorly fortified and too much extended, the Confederates having every interest in weakening their adversaries by draw